Military history

At the end of the First World War the victors decided to punish the aggressors and while doing so to establish free, democratic governments of ethnic groups which would, supposedly, have no reason to go to war.

Military Service Tribunals were formed following the introduction of conscription in January 1916, to consider applications for exemption from military service.

The Civil War—like all civil wars—was divisive, costly, and savage.

On 6th June 1944 there took place the greatest seaborne invasion in the history of mankind.

Often described as Britain's answer to Rommel, the charismatic and courageous Sir Brian Horrocks was one of the most successful field commanders of the Second World War, much of which he spent working with Montgomery.

This history reclaims the Second World War as a global fight 'from below'.

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In November, 1950, the United States Army suffered one of its most devastating defeats ever, in the frozen mountains of North Korea at the hands of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.

On 25th September 1915, and for a few days afterwards, the small town of Loos, between Lens and La Bassee in Northern France, became the centre of one of the most intense and bloody battles of the First World War.

The study of history is a resource that most agree is critical to the betterment of any organization.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl of Khartoum and of Broome, was Britain's last great military hero.

This book focuses on the aural and musical sphere of fictional audio-visual reconstructions of the Holocaust, a defining event in the history of the 20th century.

Very few living men have taken part in a battle, and many must wonder how they would acquit themselves if ever they had to.

Ernest William Hornung was born in Middlesbrough, England on 7th June 1866, the third son and youngest of eight children.

Very few living men have taken part in a battle, and many must wonder how they would acquit themselves if ever they had to.

The Vietnam conflict spread dissension into every corner of our political and cultural environment and shattered the foreign policy consensus that had guided US relations since World War II.

This small book, first published in 1926, is comprised of three lectures on the American Revolution considered as a Social Movement, which were delivered by renowned historian and author J.

Undergrounds in Insurgent, Revolutionary, and Resistance Warfare (Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategies) is an authoritative and comprehensive study by the U.

Frederic Manning was born on 22nd July 1882 in Sydney, Australia, one of eight children to local politician Sir William Patrick Manning.

On 23 April 1918 a force drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines launched one of the most daring raids in history.

On the 31st of July 1917, the small Belgian village of Passchendaele became the focus of one of the most gruelling, bloody and bizarre battle of World War I.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

Very few living men have taken part in a battle, and many must wonder how they would acquit themselves if ever they had to.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

The fascinating account of a war artist at work in the U.

John Buchan was born on August 26th 1875 and is most famously known for his novel 'The Thirty Nine Steps'.

In July 1942 German and Italian forces were on the point of sweeping away the remainder of the British resistance in the Middle East and triumphantly overrunning Egypt.

This monograph analyzes the use of deception by the Germans and Soviets in the battle of Kursk.

Includes The First World War On The Western Front 1914-1915 Illustrations Pack with 101 maps, plans, and photos.

Includes Gallipoli Campaign Map and Illustrations Pack -71 photos and 31 maps of the campaign spanning the entire period of hostilities.

In 1861, Union Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon marched through the divided slave state Missouri en route to St.

Includes more than 30 maps, plans and illustrationsThe fall of Singapore, the "e;Gibraltar of the East"e;, struck by the Imperial Japanese troops during the lightning Malaya campaign of 1942 was a great shock to the Allied cause during the Second World War.

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Since he was a child in the 1950s watching Vampires and Meteors operating from RAF Turnhouse, Jim Walls wanted to fly aircraft, he just never envisaged that his flying career would be spent in the back seat as opposed to the front.

Best known in the USA as a former colony and exotic tourist location, the Republic of the Philippines has seen civil unrest, insurgencies and separatism movements ever since independence in 1946.

In the 2010 federal election, independent candidate Andrew Wilkie grabbed headlines after winning the seat of Denison, and with it a key role in deciding who would form the next government of Australia.

Balanced and in-depth military coverage (all theaters, North and South) in a non-partisan format with detailed notes, offering meaty, in-depth articles, original maps, photos, columns, book reviews, and indexes.

Despite the rather prosaic title, these two volumes contain some of the best eye-witness accounts of the Peninsular War.

Poems by Nguyen Phan Que MaiTranslated from the Vietnamese by Bruce Weigl and Nguyen Phan Que MaiNguyen Phan Que Mai is among the most exciting writers to emerge from post-war Vietnam.

Featuring the art and images from World of Tanks, plus additional illustrations, the story of the SU-152 is told in graphic form along with tips on how to play with the SU-152 in the multi-player online game World of Tanks.

"Rikugun: Guide to Japanese Ground Forces 1937-1945" is the first nuts-and-bolts handbook to utilize both the voluminous raw allied intelligence documents and postwar Japanese documentation as primary sources.

Balanced and in-depth military coverage (all theaters, North and South) in a non-partisan format with detailed notes, offering meaty, in-depth articles, original maps, photos, columns, book reviews, and indexes.

"e;An important contribution to Civil War scholarship, offering an engrossing portrait of these important campaigns .

Portuguese paratroopers or “paras” began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955.

Civil War historian and celebrated author Philip Van Doren Stern presents an underground history woven from first hand accounts of Civil War spies, scouts, detectives and double agents.

In December of 1914, veteran Boer commander General Louis Botha landed his forces on the coast of German South West Africa to finish off the colony’s Schutztruppe defenders.

First published in 1917, in support of the Allies, this anonymous pamphlet published by George H.

While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbors, but foremost the USA and France, between 1973 and 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year – between mid-1985 and March 1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax.

Balanced and in-depth military coverage (all theaters, North and South) in a non-partisan format with detailed notes, offering meaty, in-depth articles, original maps, photos, columns, book reviews, and indexes.